The purpose of the cops hiring program (CHP) program is to advance the practice of community policing through the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers

The County of Cassia in Burley, Idaho will receive $250,000 through September 2027 from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) to hire additional career law enforcement officers. The purpose of the COPS Hiring Program grant award is to advance community policing practices through the hiring or rehiring of law enforcement personnel to increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt crime and violence. Funding will be used by the Cassia County law enforcement agency to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers over the five-year grant period.

Funding under this award program will be utilized by local law enforcement agencies to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers necessary to increase the jurisdiction's community policing capacity to prevent and disrupt crime and violence.